Sunday, January 29, 2012

Melted Heart Rainbow Crayon Valentines

This year I wanted to do something different for the Lil Divas friends for Valentine's Day.

Instead of candy, pencils, lollipops, etc... we made

Melted Heart Rainbow Crayons

I LOVE how they turned out!

Here's How We Made Them:

Step 1 - Enlist lots of help to peel those crayons!

This is the most time consuming part &

I spread it out over a few days because

we had lots of crayons to make.

Step 2: Break the crayons into small pieces

Step 3: Place assorted colors of crayons bits into your baking tin. You can use whatever you have handy. I keep this heart tin specifically for making our crayons.

Tip: Spray your tin/pan with PAM -

it really helps pop them out in the end!

Step 4: Put into the oven at 250 degrees

You need only about 8 -10 mins - just until they get melty.

It's so cool to watch the colors collide

as you take them out of the oven.

Gorgeous!

Each one was unique.

Tip: Let the crayon molds start to set for a few mins (just so they don't spill) then put the tray of melted crayon in the freezer for a few minutes. It's so much easier to pop them right out the tray & they are ready in mere minutes!

Ah yes, I do spray with PAM - I too learned that the hard way, hehe! The very first time I made these, I spent quite some time banging the tray (even used a small hammer) to get my first batch out! I should go back & add that tip in the post to save others the trouble! Thanks for the reminder. :)

My current "instructions" have come more as a result of my trial & error over the past year. My initial attempt last year during our rainbow theme - http://momto2poshlildivas.blogspot.com/2011/03/rainbow-theme-making-rainbow-crayons.html was inspired by this post & I went w/those directions - http://www.teaching-tiny-tots.com/toddler-activities-rainbow-crayons.html.

I found that it doesn't take 10 mins & I prefer to give them less oven time. I like less color mixing and more of the rainbow colored effect.